~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~Originally Posted by Tyme2fish
Here is what I DON'T want and the reason why. My sister's husband died a week after Ronald Reagan and, apparently she was impressed with his casket. She had one hand made, of real cherry wood, to the tune of $15,000. Add another $3,500 for the gravesite, $1,500 to open the grave, $5,000 for the funeral, $5,000 for a granite slab and another $3,000 for the register. When she called me and told me she had ordered the casket, I blurted out, "What on earth did you do that for? He would have been happy if you had buried him in his boat with a fishing lure in his hand." Her answer was, "I'm putting him away in style." I think it was stupid and if he could have talked to her, she would have been crying for a different reason.
Last November my mother died suddenly and her funeral cost about $10,000 and it was plain and simple with only a graveside service. Exactly 30 days later, my brother died in an auto accident. We used a different funeral home and, this time, I walked in when my sister decided she would make funeral arrangements. She went for the most expensive casket, and I said, "NO! Unless you are paying for this funeral. If I'm paying half of it, I get a voice in this decision. The very lowest price we could get the complete funeral done for was $8,326 and included the headstone. In addition, she ordered Mom's casket flowers and the wreath cost $500. My brother's was larger and prettier and it cost $375 (different florist).
I have a friend whose wealthy brother died a few months ago and his second wife thought she would inherit everything. She had a funeral that was fit for a king and the bill was $43,000. (I got that price right). Her inheritance was only 1/4 of the total estate because he had 3 children from the first marriage, now she is moaning.
My spouse said, "Cremate me and spread my ashes in my favorite fishing hole on Cherokee Lake." Now you know why, and I totally agree.
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